Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-10
Then follows the formal terms regarding
the publication of the order, &c.


Judge Cochran and his legal adviser and
the Board and its attorneys got along
pretty we'll for the first hour and hall,
although a good deal of time was eonsum-
ed in a fruitless discussion of the word
appropriation, a. it appears in the first
mart of the proposed ordinance Finally
il was clearly shown that this language
WIS that of the Code (Sec. 81, Chap. 39l,
and il WA allowed to remain. But when
the clause OF the ordinance, enclosed in
brackets above, providing for the pur-
chase of real estate by the county, came
M. there was a very long discussion, the
members of tie Board Directing
to the provisions of the section
upon the ground, among Others, that II
from any cause the Wheeling and Harris
burg Company should not 90 on with the
construction OF the bridge, tunnel and road
to Bowerston, Ohio county would he LEFT
with large lot of real estate upon her
hands for which she would have no Use.
On the other hand, the representatives OF
the syndicate pointed out that in in the
preliminary proposition submitted TO the
Joint committee, and approved by the
Board, the City Council and the Chamber
of Commerce, il was expressly stated that:
The city or county authorities shall
uroyide rights OF way for the construction
OF tracks in the city Of Wheeling as fast as
needed for the proper prosecution of the
work of constructing terminals"
Judge Cochran stated TO the Board that
the clause objected to was the best effort
of himself aud Dir. Hubbard in the line OF
carving out the above quotation from the
proposition, and asked if the paragraph
should be taken out, what the committee
or Board proposed to substitute for 1t.
This was a poser, the Members having
nothing to suggest, but at the same time
they none the less strenuOusly objected,
and arguments pro and con were INDUCED
in. At one time Judge Cochran made a
proposition to have the Company eIpend
dollar for dollar with the county upon the
rights of way, but this was afterwards
withdrawn, and this point is left IN an
unsettled condition.
The next hitch occurred upon the pro
position to fix the time the Company should
have for beginning WORK upon the bridge,
etc, and for the final completion OF the
the same Judge Cochran was disposed 10
insist upon the terms in that section OF the
ordinance as above, Immediately following
! the paragraph inclosed in brackets, ard
marked with a star, while the majority OF
the members of the committee md Boar d
wanted to require that the work he COM
menced within six mouths OF the date Of
making the subscription and finished
within three years. Mr. McGregor srg-
gested four years, but finally the following
substitute was adopted:
"ProTded, That il the construction OF
the said bridge and railroad from the said
bridge to Bowerston, O, shall not be IN
GOOD faith commenced within pine months
from the date OF the making of such sub
scriptiOn, if it be authorized, or being con-
menced, shall rot be completed within
three years from said date and have cars IN
good faith running over the said railroad
and bridge into The county OF Ohio and
the city of Wheeling, then the said Board
shall be at liberty 70 withdraw as To any
part Of the subscriptions of three hundred
! thousand dollars " hich may not have be
come payable under the terms Oi this or
dinauce, and if said subscription he aU-
thorized, the said railroad company shall
accept OF decline the said subscription
within thirty days after the same nlay be
offered by the Board OF Is agents.
The meeting was dissolved at five u clock,
to be resumed at the call of the President
OF the Board, and in the meantime Judge
Cochran will communicate with the sypdi.
cate relative 20 the prov ision regarding the
purchase Of right of way by TIE county.
During the conference tie almost good
feeling prevailed on both sides, and there
was nothing approaching uupleaSAntnss-.
The gentlemen arr earnestly Cndcavcr!Hg
to find middle ground a> I" the Disputed
point, AID there is every probability that
satisfactory way Out Of the trouble
viii he arrived al without uakirg murh
delay.
judge Cochran viii leave this morning
for New York. Going c..iled thither by
sickness in his family, bat he will return
al the earliest possible moment and 'e-une
the consideration al the uat;tr.
During the meeting oi tie committee,
Yesterday, letter was ,r:pl from Senator
Camden. liz which he earnestly endorsed
the proposition and expressed the hope
that the bridge would soon be under way.